Descripction of the Sector

• The construction is one of the pushers of the economic growth and one of the activities of major influence in the development of the country, stimulating the increase in the demand of materials of construction.
• The construction in Colombia represents 7 % of the PIB and takes part with 8 % of the total of the foreign investment.
• The investment in the sector grew 29 % in the period 2009-2010, stimulated by the revenue of recognized multinational companies that have installed his direct operations in the country.

Investment Opportunities

• Dynamism of the construction in Colombia with an increase of more 100 % in the PIB in the last 9 years and a growth of 29 % of the foreign investment in the last 6 years, turning it into the principal booster of the materials for the construction.
• In 2010 the civil works grew 39 %, the buildings 29 % in approved licenses and the hotel industry in 148 %. (Source: DANE, Camacol).
• Positive behavior with a growth consisted of the exports of 16 % and increase of 78 % in the investments. (Source: DANE).
• Between January and June of 2011, the sale of housing grew 18 % compare to the previous year, being outlined not VIS with 26 % and the VIS in 9 %, reaching a total of 56.859 sold units. (Source: Camacol, Portafolio 25 of july)
• In the plan of development of the government 2014 there are the five locomotives of the government, which are emphasize the Housing (goal of construction of 1 million of Housing of Social Interest) and the Infrastructure (Construction and remodeling of airports, ports, roads, etc.), which will generate an increasing demand of materials of construction of low, media and high. (Source: Ministerio de Hacienda and crédito público).
• Graduates availability of more than 119.000 professionals and technical in the sector, with a supply of the human qualified capital, 28 programs specialized in the formation for the human resource of materials of construction. (Source: Ministerio de educación de Colombia).

Region

Knows the principal regions that present opportunities of investment in the Building Materials Industry:

• Barranquilla - Atlántico
• Cartagena - bolívar
• Buenaventura - Valle del Cauca
• Bogotá - Cundinamarca
• Medellín - Antioquia
• Cali - Valle del Cauca
• Pereira - Risaralda
• Bucaramanga - Santander

Cases of Success

• Etex Group: Holding industrial Belga company with investment in Colombia across the company Colombit S.A. with which they produce plates, ceilings, covers, tanks and other solutions.
• Lafarge: French company that has presence in Colombia across a Joint Venture with the company GYPSUM S.A., with which it makes panels and plaster boards of Colombia.
• Saint Gobain: French company that came to the country across the glass production for the industry of the construction and automotive, where the company bought the Andean Glass and it consolidated like the most important company in this industry. Also it realized investments in the sector of the construction on having acquired producing companies of abrasives and of pipelines.
• Elementa: Mexican company that bough the company ETERNIT for the production of solutions in fibrocemento, specially pipelines, tanks, tiles, level skies, plates, constructive systems, etc.
• Mexichem: Mexican company owner of PAVCO (pipe systems to transport water and geosynthetic for works of engineering), CELT SA (pipelines and accessories in PVC) and of Colpozos S.A. (Construction of wells, managing of the water in such applications as Systems of Pumping and Systems of Irrigation)
• Holcim: Switzerland Company with investments in the cement industry.
• Cemex: Mexican Company with investments in the cement industry.
• Sika: Switzerland Company who produces chemists for the industry of the construction as sealant, waterproofing, tapes, between others.

Contact

These are only some of the reasons to invest in the Building Materials Industry, we invite you to know in detail these and more reasons to do of Colombia the destination chosen for your projects.

Asesor: David González